Distribution of TEP in the euphotic and upper mesopelagic zones of the southern Iberian coasts

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 11-13, 2006, Pages 1314-1328

  Prieto, L ^a   Navarro, G ^a   Cozar A ^b   Echevarria F ^b   Garcia C M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Euphotic zone; Gulf of C diz; North Alboran Sea; Strait of Gibraltar; Transparent exopolymeric particles; Upper mesopelagic zone

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERS; TRANSPARENCY;

EUPHOTIC ZONE; GULF OF CÁDIZ; NORTH ALBORAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMERIC PARTICLES; UPPER MESOPELAGIC ZONE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AGGREGATION; DEGRADATION; EUPHOTIC ZONE; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLE; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

ALBORAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF CADIZ; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 33748556199     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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